According to the following table, which shows these figures, entrapment or cornering is the most common cause of death among civilians or non-working-class victims. It is noted that, according to statistics, the cause of death is unknown in more than 50% of these victims.
Number of deaths in Spain from 1980 to 2010 by cause of death and affiliation with the forest firefighting service:
| Cause of physical death. | Total | Firefighting service | People outside the service |
| Trapping by fire. | 118 | 95 | 23 |
| Plane crash | 47 | 47 | 0 |
| Land accident. | 34 | 33 | 1 |
| unknown | 34 | 0 | 34 |
| Total | 245 | 187 | 58 |
Regarding firefighting service fatalities, cornering or entrapment accounts for 50.8% of the total, aircraft accidents 25.1%, ground accidents 17.6%, and physical causes 6.4%.
Between 1980 and 2010, a total of 126 firefighters died in firefighting operations, 88 of whom died due to being cornered or trapped in the fire.
Over the past 33 years, the number of deaths has increased to 276, an average of 8-9 deaths per year.